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Spring Flood Risk Worsens For Red River Valley

Farmers in the Red River Valley are bracing for one of the worst spring floods on record after heavy snow this week. The river runs north from the northern states of North Dakota and Minnesota into the Canadian province of Manitoba. The U. S. National Weather Service upgraded March 13 the flood potential in the
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Ports Of Churchill, Halifax Working Together

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A new agreement between the ports of Churchill and Halifax creates another option for exporting grain from the Prairies. Ever since Churchill started exporting grain in the 1930s, almost all of it sailed directly to the importing country. Now Churchill and Halifax will explore transshipments, with grain from Manitoba’s only seaport delivered to the terminal
Cereals, Crops

CWB To Move Grain Off Flood Plain

The Canadian Wheat Board is moving to get farmers’ board grains out of the Red River Valley ahead of spring thaw. The board announced March 9 it will direct more rail cars into the valley to clear space in elevators for affected farmers in the Morris and Letellier areas to deliver accepted Series A and
Cereals, Crops

Wrong Wheat Delivery Fines Uncertain

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“Details have to be developed after the bill receives royal assent. Then we would draft corresponding regulations…. – REMI GOSSELIN A lot of western Canadian farmers are under the impression they’ll face big fines for delivering the wrong wheat to an elevator if C-13, a bill to amend the Canada Grain Act, becomes law. It’s
Cereals, Crops

U. K. Miller Offers High Praise For CWB, Canadian Wheat

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Small packages of a white powdery substance are quietly entering the U. S. from Canada on a regular basis. It’s the good stuff – primo, in fact. But it’s not cocaine or heroin. Nope, it’s flour milled from Western Canadian Red Spring wheat, considered the best in the world. And the “mules” hauling it south
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Who Enforces CWB Election Rules?

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The Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) election co-ordinator says it’s not up to him to determine if the five Conservative MPs who urged voters to vote for open-market candidates in the CWB elections last year should have registered as third-party interveners. “There’s really no ability for the election co-ordinator to do any investigative function,” Ian Craven
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Why Didn’t Five MPs Register In CWB Election?

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The National Farmers Union (NFU) registered as a third-party intervener in the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) elections last year. NFU president Stewart Wells says the five Conservative MPs that wrote to voters in Districts 4, 6, and 8 should do the same. “Everyone can read the laws and regulations of Canada, even the Conservative MPs,”
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Wheat Board Prepares For A Diminished Grain Commission

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“(The amendments are intended to) only regulate where necessary and to devolve programs or services that would be appropriately provided by the private sector…” – jim smolik, cgc commissioner Call it “Plan B.” With the Conservative government’s Bill C-13 proposing to reduce the role of the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)
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Progress In Developing Post-KVD Wheat Variety Tests

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Beverly Stow worries about the huge financial liability farmers could face if they accidentally deliver wheat to the wrong class at the elevator now that KVD (kernel visual distinguishability) is gone. The Graysville-area farmer raised the issue here last month during a Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) meeting. She pointed out that under C-13, the bill
Cereals, Opinion

AG review not necessary

Agriculture Minister Ritz is sanctimoniously outraged over the fact the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) reported a minuscule loss in their contingency fund due to the global market meltdown. Of the record $8.418 billion in gross sales, the contingency fund loss was less than one per cent. The contingency fund was established to backstop CWB producer

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